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Roach, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75551. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle.

Roach within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Roach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,048 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASS 08:12
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 381
5 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMR. COOK
4 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASS 15:25
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 334
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2011Natural8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 624

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Roach: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John Stone Hill DepositIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGlauconite, Goethite, Hematite
BivensIronOccurrence
Bivins DepositIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
John Stone HillIronOccurrence
SurrattIronUnknown
Surratt DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
WarrenIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cass County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
New Colony2.1 miles11
Oak Grove3.6 miles12
O'Farrell4.6 miles11
Bethsaida5.0 miles12
Bivins5.2 miles12
Warren Springs5.6 miles10
Linden6.3 miles11
Red Hill6.4 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RoachAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q125155738The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378961. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.